Cleveland · Akron  |     Use Of Taser Gun On Teen Ruled Justifiable Homicide Trespassing Teen Killed After Police Use Taser Gun POSTED: 3:34 pm EDT July 26, 2005 AKRON, Ohio -- The Summit County prosecutor ruled Tuesday that a Springfield Township police officer's use of a Taser gun on a trespassing suspect was justifiable homicide. Richard Thomas Holcomb, 18, died after police used the Taser gun on him on May 28. Investigators said that Holcomb was shirtless and acting strange in a horse pasture when police said he reportedly charged at officer Christine Albrecht. She ordered Holcomb to stop and then stunned him with the Taser gun. Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh ruled that the officer used the Taser gun according to training directives, and was "justified given the violent, extreme, and immediately threatening behavior exhibited by the su

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